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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;In the &lt;em&gt;Daily News&lt;/em&gt; today, Nicholas Scoppetta talks about his efforts in increasing minority counts among New York City&#39;s firefighters. Addressing last week&#39;s ruling in the New Haven firefighters&#39; case, Mr. Scoppetta puts forth a model that succeeded in increasing minority counts in the City&#39;s firefighting department&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;. His&amp;nbsp;plan&amp;nbsp;is simple and can be used as a base&amp;nbsp;model for any employer looking to address workplace diversity, especially in the executive ranks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The main points from his editorial:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make people aware of the opportunity&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;For city and state agencies, this can be done several ways: Mass mailings, flyers, pamphelts, community centers, voicemails, etc. For corporate America, this can take the shape of staff emails, lunch-n-meet groups, informal discussions and mentoring.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ensure that everyone gets the same tutoring/advising&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;While the fire commissioner elaborates on how all potential test-takers are given extensive free tutoring; in&amp;nbsp;non-testing taking situations, this can be replaced by&amp;nbsp;advisement, mentoring, reviews and open door Q&amp;amp;A opportunities for everyone who wants to take a shot at the promotion/new position/etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;His advice talks of a simple ground rule that has to be in place at all employers, big or small, for diversity to work: Equal Opportunity. For the City&#39;s fire department, these simple measures ensured that 38% of the total test-takers were minorities with 33% occupying the highest scores, with a third of the probationary firefighter class last December comprising of minorities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;It&#39;s a simple model, and in today&#39;s world of reverse discrimination rants, might just be the best way to continue working toward ensuring equal employment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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